"had a small part as a waiter in ""The Blues Brothers"". The character of ""Pee-wee Herman"" originated during a 1978 improvisation exercise with The Groundlings, where Reubens came up with the idea of a man who wanted to be a comic but was so inept at telling jokes that it was obvious to the audience that he would never make it. Fellow Groundling Phil Hartman would afterwards help Reubens develop the character while another Groundling, John Paragon, would help write the show. Despite having been compared to other famous characters, such as Hergé's Tintin and Collodi's Pinocchio, Reubens says that"
"his family to Sarasota, Florida, where he and his wife owned another successful business until he retired. He died in 2004. He was the father of actor/comedian Paul Reubens, who is known for creating and portraying his character, Pee-wee Herman. Rubenfeld was born in Peekskill, the fourth of six children of Jewish parents, Gussie (Yormark) and Louis Rubenfeld. Rubenfeld was an Eagle Scout, a student in New York University and the University of New Mexico (where he also hunted rattlesnakes), and taught aerobatics. When World War II broke out in Europe, he wanted to fly combat missions; however, the United"
"Pee-wee Herman Pee-wee Herman is a comic fictional character created and portrayed by American comedian Paul Reubens. He is best known for his two television series and film series during the 1980s. The childlike Pee-wee Herman character developed as a stage act that quickly led to an HBO special in 1981. As the stage performance gained further popularity, Reubens took the character to motion picture with ""Pee-wee's Big Adventure"" in 1985, toning down the adult innuendo for the appeal of children. This paved the way for ""Pee-wee's Playhouse"", an Emmy Award-winning children's series that ran on CBS from 1986 to"
"media. Reubens's fans also organized rallies of support after CBS canceled the scheduled reruns, with several dozens of ""Pee-weeites"" picketing in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco. The general public also appeared to sympathize with Reubens – the TV newsmagazine ""A Current Affair"" received ""tens of thousands"" of responses to a Pee-wee telephone survey, with callers supporting Reubens with a 9-to-1 majority. He remained in a state of shock for weeks and was haunted by the arrest for several years, refusing to give interviews or appear on talk shows. At the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards Reubens made his"
"pilots of the Israeli Air Force during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Paul has two younger siblings, Luke (born 1958), who is a dog trainer, and Abby (born 1953), who is an attorney, and board member of the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee. Reubens spent a significant amount of his childhood in Oneonta, New York. As a child, Reubens frequented the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, whose winter headquarters was in Sarasota. The circus's atmosphere sparked Reubens' interest in entertainment and influenced his later work. Reubens also loved to watch reruns of ""I Love Lucy"", which made him"
"By 1999, Reubens had given several interviews as himself and made public appearances while promoting the movie ""Mystery Men"", the first being on ""The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"" in 1999. He also starred in Dwight Yoakam's Western ""South of Heaven, West of Hell"", playing as a rapist and killer. In 2001, Reubens had his first extended television role since ""Playhouse"", as the host of the short-lived ABC game show ""You Don't Know Jack"", based on the game of the same name. It was cancelled after six episodes due to low ratings. Reubens played a flamboyant hairdresser turned drug dealer"
"Paul Thomas (director) Philip Charles Toubus, better known as Paul Thomas (born April 17, 1949), is an American pornographic film actor and director. He is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame and the XRCO Hall of Fame. Toubus was born in Winnetka, Illinois to a wealthy family. He is the nephew of businesswoman . Although he attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison, he turned to acting as a career. He acted on Broadway theatre in ""Hair"" and played Peter in the 1973 film version of ""Jesus Christ Superstar"". He signed with the William Morris Agency and went"
"Theatre, selling over $3 million in advance tickets. An extra performance was taped for the HBO network on January 6, 2011, and debuted March 19. On January 15, 2011, Reubens appeared on ""Saturday Night Live"" as Pee-Wee in an extended and well received segment depicting Andy Samberg and Pee-wee getting drunk, taking a ride on a mechanical bull, doing the tequila dance and ambushing Anderson Cooper in an alley way with a chair. From 2012 to 2013 Reubens contributed his voice talents to the animated series """" as Pavel. In 2014, Reubens appeared in TV on the Radio's music video"
"themselves. The film contains numerous ""conceptual continuity"" links to other Tim Burton films and other productions: The success of ""The Pee-wee Herman Show"" prompted Warner Bros. to hire Paul Reubens to write a script for a full-length Pee-wee Herman film. Reubens' original idea was to do a remake of ""Pollyanna"" with Pee-wee Herman in the Hayley Mills role. Reubens claims that ""Pollyanna"" is his favorite film. Halfway through writing the script, Reubens noticed everyone at Warner Brothers had a bike to get around the backlot, and so he requested one of his own. This inspired Reubens to start on a"
"Richard Brooks (actor) Richard L. Brooks (born December 9, 1962) is an American actor, singer, and director. He is best known for his one-off role as the eccentric bounty hunter Jubal Early in the space-western ""Firefly"" and assistant district attorney Paul Robinette in the NBC drama series, ""Law & Order"" from 1990 to 1993 and reprising his role as a defense attorney on that same show. In 2013, he began starring as Patrick Patterson in the BET drama series, ""Being Mary Jane"". Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Brooks studied acting, dance, and voice work at Interlochen Academy of Arts"
"live-action television pilot starring Paul Reubens entitled ""Gigglefudge, USA!"", which premiered in 11 April 2016 on Adult Swim. Reubens act as a TV host who introduce videos taken from ""Memory Hole"" (a previous collective title). Everything Is Terrible! Everything Is Terrible! is a video blogging website from Los Angeles, CA, that features unusual, dated, and campy clips of VHS tapes from the late 20th century and early 21st century. The project was founded in 2000 by a group of friends (Nicholas Maier and Dimitri Simakis) while at Ohio University. ""Every weekend or free afternoon they get"", according to NPR, they"
"Reubens had often purchased bulk lots, and one of his vintage magazine dealers declared that ""there's no way"" he could have known the content of each page in the publications he bought and that he recalled Reubens asking for ""physique magazines, vintage 1960s material, but not things featuring kids"". He spent the next two years in Florida, caring for his terminally ill father, who died in February 2004 of cancer. Reubens has made cameos and guest appearances in numerous projects. He played Rick of the citizen's patrol on the popular Comedy Central series ""Reno 911!"", which gained him a small"
"Wizard of Oz"". Paul Reubens auditioned for ""Saturday Night Live"" for the 1980–81 season but was not accepted into the cast. Instead, he started a stage show with the Herman character, which made one of his first appearances in the 1980 film ""Cheech & Chong's Next Movie."" He first plays a rude receptionist in the film, spewing obscenities at police and being arrested. The character is later introduced as Pee-wee Herman, approaching the stage just before disputing with the film's title characters again. Shortly after the film, Reubens took Pee-wee to the real stage. Originally, Reubens imbued Pee-wee with sexuality"
"Paul Rusesabagina in the historical genocide drama film ""Hotel Rwanda"" (2004). From 2012 to 2016, he starred as Marty Kaan on the Showtime comedy series ""House of Lies""; he won a Golden Globe Award in 2013 for the role. Cheadle extended his global recognition with his role of War Machine in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films ""Iron Man 2"" (2010), ""Iron Man 3"" (2013), """" (2015), """" (2016), and """" (2018). Cheadle was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Bettye (née North), a teacher, and Donald Frank Cheadle Sr., a clinical psychologist. He has a sister, Cindy, and"
"elements and original audio tracks. Pee-wee's Playhouse Pee-wee's Playhouse is an American children's television program starring Paul Reubens as the childlike Pee-wee Herman which ran from 1986 to 1990 on Saturday mornings on CBS, and airing in reruns until July 1991. The show was developed from Reubens' popular stage show and the TV special ""The Pee-wee Herman Show"", produced for HBO, which was similar in style but featured much more adult humor. In 2004 and 2007, ""Pee-wee's Playhouse"" was ranked #10 and #12 on ""TV Guide""s Top Cult Shows Ever. A special one hour primetime airing occurred on CBS on"
"program (that year's Mother's Day Special) and performed a number of his songs live on-air. The ensuing fame landed him a TV pilot on Showtime in January 1991 – ""The Steven Banks Show"" (sometimes inaccurately referenced as ""The Steven Brooks Show""). The plot of the show was much the same as his one-act play: Banks portrayed Steven Brooks – an underachieving, chronic procrastinator fascinated by trivia and cursed with a penchant for comedic songs. In the summer of 1991 after Paul ""Pee-Wee Herman"" Reubens was arrested for allegedly masturbating in an adult movie theater, Banks was among a number of"
"of junk food, all the while trying to release his own sugar-free cereal ""Ralston Purina Pee-wee Chow cereal"", a project that died after a blind test. With his positive attitude and quirkiness, Pee-wee became an instant cult figure, earning a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame by 1989, and successfully building a Pee-wee franchise, with toys, clothes and other items generating more than $25 million at its peak in 1988. Reubens also published a book as Pee-wee in 1989 called ""Travels with Pee-Wee"". CBS aired reruns of ""Playhouse"" until July 1991, when Reubens was arrested, pulling from their schedule"
"next decade, Reubens would be completely committed to his character, doing all of his public appearances and interviews as Pee-wee. In 1985 ""Pee-wee's Big Adventure"", directed by the then-unknown Tim Burton, was a financial and critical success, and soon developed into a cult film. ""Big Top Pee-wee"", 1988's sequel, was less successful than its predecessor. Between 1986 and 1990, Reubens starred as Pee-wee in the CBS Saturday-morning children's program ""Pee-wee's Playhouse"". Thereafter, Reubens decided to take a sabbatical from Pee-wee. In July 1991, Reubens was arrested for indecent exposure in an adult theater in Sarasota, Florida. The arrest set off"
"performance capture technology, incorporating the movements of live actors into animated characters. Reubens approached ""Pee-wee's Big Adventure"" director Tim Burton with one of the scripts and talked to Johnny Depp about the possibility of having him portray Pee-wee, but they both declined. In June 2010, it was announced that Paul Reubens was working with Judd Apatow on a new Pee-wee Herman feature film set up at Universal Pictures, with Reubens and Paul Rust set to write the script. In an October 2014, interview with ""Rolling Stone"", Reubens gave an update on the status of the film, saying: ""It's been months"
"as the Pee-wee Herman character for the first time since 1992. On August 5, 2007 at a showing of ""Pee-wee's Big Adventure"" in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Reubens made an appearance on stage before the show, bringing with him almost the entire cast of the film to the uproarious applause and standing ovation. E.G. Daily (Dotty), Judd Omen (Mickey), Diane Salinger (Simone), Daryl Keith Roach (Chuck, the bike shop owner), and Mark Holton (Francis) were all present. On January 15, 2011, Reubens appeared on ""Saturday Night Live"" as Pee-wee in an extended and well-received segment depicting Andy Samberg and Pee-wee"
"other names. In 1982 Toubus was arrested for smuggling cocaine into the United States from South America. Convicted, he served one year in jail. Following his release from prison, Toubus resumed his career and, in 1983, won the Adult Film Association of America Award for Best Actor in ""Virginia"". He had a starring role in the 1985 film series ""Taboo American Style"". Toubus started directing porn films in 1985, and has directed for Vivid Entertainment since 1986. Toubus—as Paul Thomas—has acted in over 500 films and directed nearly 300 films, winning seven Adult Video News Awards and two X-Rated Critics"
"in the role of Pee-Wee, the end credits of the movie billed him as ""Hamburger Dude"". Reubens' act had mainly positive reactions and quickly acquired a group of fans, despite being described as ""bizarre"", and Reubens being described as ""the weirdest comedian around"". Pee-wee was both ""corny"" and ""hip"", ""retrograde"" and ""avant-garde"". When Pee-wee's fame started growing, Reubens started to move away from the spotlight, keeping his name under wraps and making all his public appearance and interviews in character while billing Pee-wee as playing himself; Reubens was trying to ""get the public to think that that was a real"
"1991. Another film, ""Big Top Pee-wee"", was released in 1988. Due to negative media attention following a scandal in 1991, Reubens decided to shelve his alter ego during the 1990s, then gradually resurrected it during the following decade. It was at that time that Reubens addressed plans to write a new Pee-wee film, ""."" In June 2007, Reubens appeared as Pee-wee Herman for the first time since 1992 at Spike TV's Guys' Choice Awards. In the 1970s, Reubens joined the Los Angeles-based improvisational comedy team the Groundlings and remained a member for six years, working with Bob McClurg, John Paragon,"
"Christmas Special. ""Playhouse"" garnered 15 Emmy Awards, all of them in the Creative Arts Emmy Award category. Reubens had not always thought of his character as one for children, but sometime during the mid-1980s, he started forming Pee-wee into the best role model he possibly could, making of his show a morally positive show that cared about issues like racial diversity. Reubens was also careful on what should be associated to Pee-wee. Being a heavy smoker, he went to great lengths never to be photographed with a cigarette in his mouth, even refusing to endorse candy bars and other kinds"
"in Ted Demme's 2001 drama ""Blow"", which starred Penélope Cruz and Johnny Depp. His performance was praised and he began receiving scripts for potential movie projects. In November 2002, while filming David LaChapelle's video for Elton John's ""This Train Don't Stop There Anymore"", Reubens learned that police were at his home with a search warrant, acting on a tip from a witness in the pornography case against actor Jeffrey Jones, finding among over 70,000 items of kitsch memorabilia, two grainy videotapes and dozens of photographs that the city attorney's office characterized as a collection of child pornography. Kelly Bush, Reubens'"
"understand. Despite the negative publicity, many artists who knew Reubens, such as Cyndi Lauper, Annette Funicello, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and Valeria Golino, spoke out in his support. Bill Cosby defended Reubens, saying, ""Whatever [Reubens has] done, this is being blown all out of proportion."" Other people who knew Reubens, such as ""Playhouse"" production designer Gary Panter, S. Epatha Merkerson, and ""Big Top Pee-wee"" director Randal Kleiser, also spoke in support. Reubens' fans organized support rallies after CBS canceled the reruns, picketing in Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. The TV news magazine ""A Current Affair"" received ""tens of thousands"""
"surrounding masturbation, which include Catholicism, Islam, Buddhism, and Judaism. Other topics include the controversial firing of the first African American Surgeon General by former U.S. President Bill Clinton; the career damaging fall out after Paul Reubens (Pee-Wee Herman) arrest in an adult theater for masturbating in public; current debates concerning sex education; the billion dollar sex toy industry; contradictory prostate cancer studies linked to male masturbation; the media obsession with sex addiction and sexual compulsion; the FBI study that links compulsive masturbation to serial killers; the impact of pornography on relationships; opinions as to the future of masturbation. The film"
"show had more adult humor than the later children's TV series. The roots of that stage show were in 1980 when Reubens was one of 22 finalists to be chosen as a regular on ""Saturday Night Live"" (the infamous first season of an all-new cast, and one of five seasons without Lorne Michaels as a producer). Reubens lost to actor Gilbert Gottfried and thought his career was over. According to Reubens, he was about to return home when he came up with the idea of a stage show featuring the character he premiered back in 1977, Pee-wee Herman. That year,"
"Brooks is also currently playing Warden Wolfe in season 4 of ""The Flash'. Richard Brooks (actor) Richard L. Brooks (born December 9, 1962) is an American actor, singer, and director. He is best known for his one-off role as the eccentric bounty hunter Jubal Early in the space-western ""Firefly"" and assistant district attorney Paul Robinette in the NBC drama series, ""Law & Order"" from 1990 to 1993 and reprising his role as a defense attorney on that same show. In 2013, he began starring as Patrick Patterson in the BET drama series, ""Being Mary Jane"". Born and raised in Cleveland,"
"Paul Logan (actor) Paul Logan Stone (born October 15, 1973) is an American actor, model, martial artist, stuntman, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his roles in low budget action films such as Syfy's Mega Piranha. Logan is also known for his portrayal of Glen Reiber on the NBC soap opera, ""Days of Our Lives"". Logan completed a degree in bio-chemistry at State University of New York and followed this with courses of Chiropractic at the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic. After a few small parts on a few early films and television episodes, Logan gained better screen"
"to Reubens, the story will focus on the characters from the television show finally leaving the playhouse and venturing off into Puppetland and beyond (the playhouse characters had rarely left their home in the TV series). The characters from the playhouse will be on an epic adventure to look for a missing character from the playhouse. Reubens stated this will be a ""road"" movie. Reubens has said that, although he feels confident that he can still portray Pee-wee himself, he would optionally cast Johnny Depp if needed. He said ""My second option is to have Johnny Depp play Pee-wee."" He"
"performing the song. It premiered on MTV2 on March 10, 2006, and was also available for streaming on the band's website. In the second music video, The Raconteurs teamed up with Paul Reubens, best known for his work as Pee-Wee Herman. In this video, each band member plays an imaginary speed-racing hero in an old-fashioned soap box race, following the heroes on their cut-throat chase for first place. Reubens plays an unscrupulous pit boss, stooping to low levels to ensure a win for his racer, Jack Lawrence. Lawrence and Reubens (wearing standard melodrama-villain handlebar moustaches) cheat many times throughout the"
"including ""Curb Your Enthusiasm"", ""Will and Grace"", ""Boston Common"", and ""Roswell"". He also had minor roles on numerous movies, including ""Not Another Teen Movie"". Paul hosts his own podcast, ""The Paul Goebel Show."" In each episode, Paul invites a different comedian onto the show to discuss television, politics, and any other topic they decide on. Paul has appeared on other podcasts, such as ""Never Not Funny,"" “Fandom Planet” and ""Battleship Pretension"". Paul Goebel Paul Goebel (born July 18, 1968) is an American actor, comedian and television presenter. He attended the University of Arizona. He won the TV Land ""Ultimate Fan"